Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun: Dreams
Honestly, most people have dreams and expectations in life, which may either accomplish or fails. Dreams are pushed continuously, but if one strives more, dreams might come true. In Lorrain Hansberry, “Raising in the Sun,” she narrates the challenges that the Younger family is going through. However, Lena and Big Walter, Walter, Ruth, and Beneatha dream about their current and future lives. The dreams differ from one character to another. The narrator tries to show the efforts of all characters in trying to achieve their goals. First, Lena dreams of becoming successful in life and owning a big mansion in Morgan’s house for her and her family.
Lena has been waiting for her dreams to come true, where the author describes it as a “heavy sagging load” (P, 30). Walter dreams of becoming a wealthy businessman by starting a liquor store. Despite that, he lost money that eas meant for him and Bennies, he still hopes of becoming prosperous. Beneatha dreams of pursuing her studies to become a prominent doctor to defy the criticism against her that she couldn’t do it. In Scene I of Act 3, Beneatha delivers a short monologue about her dream of being a doctor (P, 50). Ruth has a dream of working from outside the apartment to make life more comfortable with her family. In Act one Scene one, Ruth is desperately saying that “They said Saturday and this is just Friday, and I hopes God you ain’t going to get up here first thing this morning and start talking to me about no money – ’cause I don’t want to hear it (p, 1). Big Walter dreams of purchasing a new house just like Lena at Morgan Park.
Hansberry, Lorraine. Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. Samuel French, Inc., 1984.pp. 1-556